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Michiel Bernard de Kock

Skewb · top 8.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KOCK01

Michiel Bernard de Kock has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.56, set at Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in South Africa. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2024, he has put 714 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.09 in August 2024 to 10.93, a 32% improvement. Michiel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.1% of 73,281 all-time
3.56
signature single · Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024
714
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Skewb3.569.84
top 8.1%30 / 438
Square-111.6317.37
top 9.1%9 / 118
3×310.9313.19
top 10.3%114 / 2,164
2×23.044.62
top 14.7%146 / 1,510
Pyraminx6.008.71
top 20.0%154 / 946
4×447.8055.24
top 21.9%66 / 491
Clock10.7312.48
top 28.8%35 / 148
3×3 one-handed23.9735.05
top 31.4%90 / 467
5×51:38.321:48.45
top 34.1%53 / 221
Megaminx1:44.091:55.15
top 37.1%61 / 266
6×63:33.663:41.51
early days — 3 solves37 / 84
7×76:13.826:42.93
top 70.8%38 / 69

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 16.09Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 16.72Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 15.63CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 15.69Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 14.08CubingZA Nationals 2025: 13.64Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025: 11.99Menlo Cubing Open 2025: 12.54Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025: 12.31Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026: 10.93Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026: 12.34Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026: 11.75Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026: 12.27Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026: 11.76Farrarmere Full Speed 2026: 13.1810.9316.7231 Aug 202422 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.